Everyone has a story to tell. What is yours?
Harry has been the other man in my life this summer. I have been busy with my nose in a Horrible Harry book off and on for a few weeks now. Don’t get me wrong, I am also reading for professional development (Building Mathematical Comprehension) and pleasure (just finished Gone Girl – outstanding read, by the way). Some days after… Read More
I am happy to announce that the winner of my pencil sharpener giveaway was Kathy W. Congrats! I have contacted Classroom Friendly Supplies and your pencil sharpener should be on its way. Enjoy! I had so much fun looking at all of the math pins last week on this linky so I decided I had to join up again. … Read More
Have you seen this book? I found a copy of the book online written as a poem. We have been using it for some choral reading and fluency practice. At first, I simply told my students that the poem was a picture book, but I wasn’t going to show it to them. I wanted them to use their schema about penguins and think about… Read More
In December I am going to begin teaching the features of nonfiction. I have been working to compile some new resources to spice up my lessons. What are some of your best Go-To resources for teaching and reading nonfiction? I’d love to hear your ideas. Here are some of my resources & ideas that I have gathered: Source: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top_teaching/2011/03/my-march-top-ten-list-nonfiction-reading-resources Ideas… Read More
Thanks to my trusty Cricut machine, I completed my new CAFE header cards. Even though I am tempted to type up and print all of the skill cards that go under each header, I know how much a child values seeing the card they wrote go up on the board. Now, onto Math 🙂 Guided Math Chapter 7 – Conferring… Read More
Today I began putting my clip chart together. I have each of the sections mounted on black paper, but I still need to measure out the colored papers so they overlap correctly. I began working on my weekly behavior recording sheets and family letter about the new system, too. My classroom library is still a work in progress. I have… Read More
